Client: Maria Codlin
Department: Department of Anthropology
1/26/2022
Client: Maria Codlin
Department: Department of Anthropology
Animals from BOAX and PATT had similar diets except Cottontails
Cottontails have two or more distinct diets
“Taxa” : turkey, cottontails, deer, and hare
“Site” : BOAX, PATT (two closely related sites)
Stable collagen, apatite and nitrogen isotopes level
These isotopes enter bones by eating and reflect the values of animals’ diets
Carbon isotopes reflect level of human-grown plants in animals’ diet
Nitrogen isotopes tell us about the protein value in animals’ diet.
Make some EDA to compare the three isotopes levels in animals’ diet
Do t-test for the means and medians of isotopes levels.
Fit a mixed effect model to analyse animals’ isotopes levels.